Hay-rake



(No Model.)

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f HAY BAKE.

Patented J11y'24, 1883.

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ANDREV W. TAYLOR, OF SALISBURY, MISSOURI.

HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,943, dated July 24, 1883.

Application ilod January 20, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it nway concern:

Beit known that I, ANDREW NV. TAYLOR, of Salisbury, in the county of Chariton, and in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Rakes; and `I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this speciiication.

This invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in that class of rakes known as horse hay-rakes57 and it has vfor its object to provide for rendering the rake portable, and of such construction as to admit of its easy manipulation by the operator, as will hereinafter more fully appear. These objects I attain by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts, and in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved rake, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical sectional view thereof, the same being taken on the line a: x of Fig. l. y

In the drawings, the letter A designates the frame of the rake, the same consisting of two parallel beams', aa, and ofthe rear cross-beam, B, secured thereto in any suitable manner.

The letter D' indicates a rear beam ofV the rake-head, the same being provided at each end with a connectingblock, b b, which eX- tends a short distance toward the front of the machine. To the extremities of these connecting-blocks are secured, one above and the other below, two similar transverse beams or rails, CA C', forming the front portion of the rake-head. To the under sides of the rear and lower forward beams constituting the rakehead are secured at equidistant points a series ties whereof are beveled off in order to permit of the teeth traveling over the ground without liability to obstruction.

About midway between the ends of the rakehead, and secured to one of the tines and to the rear crossbeam, D', are secured a standard, E, and braces E and El.

A suitable distance from the rear of the frame, and secured to the side beams of the same, I secure, above and below, two transverse bars, F and F', to the upper of which beams is j ournaled a two-armed lever, G. .The longer arm of said lever serves as a handle, and to the shorter arm is connected a pitman, G', the forward end of which is flexibly connected with the standard E, by which the teeth or tines are raised or lowered from and to the ground, the forward ends of the said beams A being pivoted or otherwise flexibly connected to the connecting-blocks b I), thus forming a joint or hinged connection between the frame proper and the rake-head.

Near each end of the transverse bars C C', and vertically extending therethrough, are the sh anks or shafts of the bifurcated wheel-standards H.` The upper ends of said standards form shoulders against which the lower side of the rail G is adapted to bear, thus supporting the weight of the forward part of the machine. Extending rearwardly from the shanks of standards are tillers 7L l1., the object of which will presently hereinafter appear.

To the beams F F is journaled, similarly to the standards H, another wheel-standard, H'. From the rear of this standard extends a curved lever, h', the upper end of which passes through the connecting-block I, to each end of which is attached the end of a rope, belt, or chain, I', the said rope passing through the sheav es or antifriction rollers K and K', at the rear of the machine, and L L', secured to the ends of the rake-head, said rope connecting with the tillers h l1., before referred to.

In guiding or steering the machine the at tendant operates the arm 7L in either direction, thus directing the wheel carried by the standard H', and, through the medium of the rope and tillers above referred to, correspondingly directs the forward wheels.

Between the cross-beams F F', and pivoted to the shank of the standard II', is a whiffietree, M, having secured to its respective ends IOO It is usual in this class of machines to direct their course by the direction in which the animals are driven 5 but it is observable from the above description of the means by which my machine is to be guided thatthe animals themselves will be directed or governed in their course by the machine, resulting in the reversal of the usual practice.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a hay-rake, the combination of the main frame, provided with an adj Listing-lever, the supporting and guiding wheel and lever, with the iieXibly-connected head andV the adjusting-standard, the pitman and the steering Wheels and tillers, the said guiding-lever and tillers being connected together by a rope or chain passing over guide-rollers, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a hay-rake, the combination of the main frame, provided With a supporting and In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature, in

presence of two witnesses, this 15th day of De cember, 1882.

ANDREV XV. TAYLOR.

Vit-n esses:

F. C. BAIRD, J. XV. TAYLOR. 

